Penny Dreadful Season 2 Episode 8 Review: “Memento Mori” | TVOM

TVOM: "Penny Dreadful is never concerned with its narrative pentameter; some episodes linger on a single location or character for the entirety of an hour, while others bounce haphazardly back and forth between its various London settings; either type of episode is privy to massive dramatic accelerations or pauses, and both come with their own benefits – and detriments, something the everlasting duality of Penny Dreadful‘s evaluation of humanity would agree with. “Memento Mori” is the epitome of all of Penny Dreadful‘s various elements; frustratingly quick in some places, while lingering beautifully in others – and vice versa, a mix of fascinating, visually engrossing material that comes together quite neatly in many places, and in others, fray apart in disconcerting fashion."